Packing My Bags And Arranging to Buy Weed Down in Texas

By Chris Faraone on Mon, Mar 10, 2008 1:41 pm

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I'm sitting at the Dig office stocking up on note pads and morning after pills. In two days I depart for South by Southwest - also known as SXSW - in Austin Texas, where nearly a week of criminal degeneracy will ensue. Last year I got to smell Amy Winehouse, so the prospects and possibilities for 2008 are looking pretty outstanding.

I would promise to keep tabs on your favorite Boston bands who are going to be down there - from 7L&Esoteric to Eli "Paperboy" Reed - but the truth is that I'll be going to whatever parties have free beer. Unlike all your other favorite reporters, I won't pretend that music is the reason that I'm going.

Polluted Memories of SXSW 2007

What you can expect though are dispatches from Perez Hilton and Rachel Ray's parties. I'd go as far as to say that if there's one goal for this week it's to get the Raytard on all fours and force feed her some of that junk she made for her dogs on last weekend's pet-friendly Food Network special.

I'm no Hunter S. Thompson - really folks, I'm not - but I do think that every good road story requires a certain amount of contraband. This was easy for Thompson, who did his traveling before the days of having to take your shoes off at the airport. I can't fly dirty, so I arranged for a hefty bag of green to be waiting at the Hotel (Austin Hilton, Room 253 if you're interested).

If you know of anyone who digs real music and adventurous journalism, then please tell them that I'll be posting at high noon from Wednesday through Friday, and once again with a big weekend round-up next Monday.

Until then...